Green and Mean: Envy and Social Undermining in Organizations

Research on Managing Groups and Teams

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 177-197

  Dunn, Jennifer R ^a   Schweitzer, Maurice E ^a  

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EID: 33645880771     PISSN: 15340856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-0856(06)08009-1     Document Type: Review

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